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Favour vs Deed - What's the difference?

favour | deed |

As nouns the difference between favour and deed

is that favour is while deed is an action or act; something that is done.

As verbs the difference between favour and deed

is that favour is while deed is (informal) to transfer real property by deed.

favour

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=29, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Unspontaneous combustion , passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1611 , :
    • "And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured , the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." —
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=6 citation , passage=Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.}}

    Usage notes

    * is the standard American spelling, and an alternative in Canada. ----

    deed

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An action or act; something that is done.
  • * Bible, Genesis xliv. 15
    • And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done?
  • A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
  • * Spenser
    • knightly deeds
  • * Dryden
    • whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn
  • Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
    • I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed .
  • (legal) A legal contract showing bond.
    • I inherited the deed to the house.

    Synonyms

    * (action) act, action

    Derived terms

    * indeed

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (informal) To transfer real property by deed.
    • He deeded over the mineral rights to some fellas from Denver.
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